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sput·nik · 10-25-2009, 09:45 AM

you know I figured you might be atleast willing to dive into the specifics for a moment, but instead you have just continued to spit out more (generic!) drivel. do you feel like you have a solid understanding of historic precedents for your opinion on this matter, or is it just more of an all-around belief based on what you read and see happening out your office (or is it a lab?) window everyday? I think, without question, there is a "boogeyman" mentality run amok here, but it'd be nice to know if there is any personal element to what you're saying..

have you even been following the different cost-analyses that have been taking place? do you have an opinion, specifically, about the CBO report?

surely you also understand that private companies are currently subsidized? do you know how much they received from the government for generating this "free" swine flu vaccine? do you even understand how the medicare system works? we can also stray entirely from the medical field if your aim here isn't just to discuss health care reform..

I have fears about big government too.. I think any rational person has their fair share.

but throwing this article out and expecting it to be some sort of bomb in the current reality of our socio-political environment is silly because it so blatantly fails to address the concerns as they presently exist. it conveniently ignores the problems of the "free" market, the most important of which is that the private sector leaves poor people behind, and a society supposedly built upon these principles ends up doing exactly the same thing.

10-25-2009, 09:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
sput·nik denizen Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: the blackest lodge Posts: 3,660 Thanks: 142 Thanked 137 Times in 102 Posts	you know I figured you might be atleast willing to dive into the specifics for a moment, but instead you have just continued to spit out more (generic!) drivel. do you feel like you have a solid understanding of historic precedents for your opinion on this matter, or is it just more of an all-around belief based on what you read and see happening out your office (or is it a lab?) window everyday? I think, without question, there is a "boogeyman" mentality run amok here, but it'd be nice to know if there is any personal element to what you're saying.. have you even been following the different cost-analyses that have been taking place? do you have an opinion, specifically, about the CBO report? surely you also understand that private companies are currently subsidized? do you know how much they received from the government for generating this "free" swine flu vaccine? do you even understand how the medicare system works? we can also stray entirely from the medical field if your aim here isn't just to discuss health care reform.. I have fears about big government too.. I think any rational person has their fair share. but throwing this article out and expecting it to be some sort of bomb in the current reality of our socio-political environment is silly because it so blatantly fails to address the concerns as they presently exist. it conveniently ignores the problems of the "free" market, the most important of which is that the private sector leaves poor people behind, and a society supposedly built upon these principles ends up doing exactly the same thing. __________________ and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music . . .